Rowlock for boats.



A. FENWIGK.

ROWLOGK FOR BOATS.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 1a. 1903.

No. 743,265. PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903.

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Patented November 3, 1903.

ALFRED FENW'IOK, OF SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND.

ROWLOCK FOR BOATS.

$IEG1FICA'L1'0N forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,265, dated November 3, 1903. Application filed May 18, 1903. Serial No. 157,645. (No model.)

. always be ready for immediate use.

In carrying out my invention I provide a hinge which I secure to the gunwale of the boat, the upper or movable portion of the hinge being slotted for the receptionof the rowlock, which is conveniently shaped so as to fit the said slot and is provided with projections which engage on the under side of the upper port-ion of said hinge when in position. A dovetail sliding portion of said hinge keeps the rowlock in position. When it is desired to unship the rowlock, the hinge is turned about the pivot, carrying the rowlock with it, where it remains until again required, when it may be immediately put in position or shipped by lifting the hinge aforesaid.

Referring to the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevationof gunwale of a boat, showing my invention in position. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of my invention through line X Y, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a

plan view of my invention; Fig. 4, a side elevation of Fig. 3 looking in direction of arrow; Fig. 5, a plan view of separate parts of hinge; Fig. 6, a plan view of base-plate for hinge.

The rowlock a is carried by the parts I) and c, which dovetail together, as shown in Fig. 4, and are together pivoted to the plate d by the pin 6, as shown, the plate (1 being secured to the gunwale of the boat by screws or the like which pass through the holes f therein. The rowlock a has a cylindrical portion g, which engages in the bearing formed by the end of the piece I) and the end of-the slot h in the piece o, 4.' and j being shoulders or disks formed on the rowlock, which engage on the upper and under sides, respectively, of the pieces I) and c, the shoulder or disk j engaging in the apertures 76 in the base-plate d when in use. It will thus be seen that the rowlock is free to revolve when in use and by turning the hinge on the pivot 6 may be removed or unshipped when required and will always be in a convenient position for immediate use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-' ent, is

In rowlocks, a base-plate affixed to gunwale of boat, a hinge formed of two sections dovetailing together, a rowlock having a cylindrical portion, a bearing formed in said hinge by the semicircular ends of the said dovetailing pieces with which said cylindrical portion engages, shoulders or disks on said rowlock engaging on either side of said hinge, an aperture in aforesaid base-plate for the reception of the lowermost shoulder or disk when. in use.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of March, 1903.

A. FENWICK.

Witnesses:

HERB. K. STRANGE, A. HARTLEY 000K. 

